Gorbachev insists that “necessary” environmental regulations be imposed worldwide. His is a type of planetary commandment rooted in the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Called the Earth Charter, this key document is one-of-three designed to solidify political, economic, social, and religious changes deemed essential in a new world order. The other two are the UN Charter and the International Declaration of Human Rights.[2]

Once secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, essentially the national leader, from 1985 to 1991, Gorbachev has since created a new political party called the Independent Democratic Party of Russia, which he characterizes as “social-democratic.”